I just love me A200 more 
And hopefully by the time I've worn my A200's shutter out, Sony will have gotten their act together and put some more decent SLRs on the market!
Well I may have just waited and saved for the A850 but its more likely I would have gone to Nikon, that said I am chuffed to bits with the second A700, my 16-105 and 11-18 are probably better than any of the lenses I had with my previous one!Yeah the A700 is a cracking camera. Especially in comparison to the A500. Glad I'm selling mine though as it's not really for me
Sold it for 450 cash without the official charger (included a third party charger). I originally paid 450 with no charger (was 499 in Currys which was an amazing deal anyway but they quoted 50 quid for an official Sony charger (the only model left was the allocated display model which had never been on display but the charger had gone missing so no one had bought it) so I managed to get that off 
) so I've only made about a 10 pounds loss from the purchase of the third party charger and despite me not losing much it's still a very nice deal for the guy who bought it! Seen the bodys in good condition go for up to 550 on ebay! I've only taken it out twice. Once was to Cheddar and the other time to Witham nature reserve.
if you read e.g. the DPReview review they are very impressed with the sensor but less so by Sony's jpeg engine which they say does it no favours (hardly news surely although Sony should have got the message by now ...) & suggest shooting RAW.
you wouldn't listen to my recommendations then ...
if you read e.g. the DPReview review they are very impressed with the sensor but less so by Sony's jpeg engine which they say does it no favours (hardly news surely although Sony should have got the message by now ...) & suggest shooting RAW.
you wouldn't listen to my recommendations then ...
. I don't like Sonys new offerings at all. The A500 I held in Chelmsford Currys Digital felt plasticky and really cheap, even in comparison to my A200! I can't stress how much better the A700 is than the A500/550 though. It's a night and day difference. Including a major computer upgrade! Phenom II 965 Black Edition here I come! 
On my A200 it's the perfect lens. They go for around 70 to 90. The extra money over 50 quid is worth it, no doubt.
Also, are you sure you really want an A700? I bought mine on a whim and because it was a really really good bargain but ended up preferring my A200.
Currys had them for 249.99 recently but every Currys I've been in recently hasn't had any of the old models in. They've all gone I think :thumbsdown: Second hand bodys are always a good option though.
for £50 I doubt it unless you buy a manual focus lens & an adapter.
same here...when i got my first A700,i still had my A350..but i shot a mate of my sons wedding,and found it a nightmare using 2 cameras with different interfaces etc..,so i decided to get a 2nd A700,especially as cameraworld were selling them for £500
I was thinking about that one. Will it be sharper wide open than the 18-70mm?
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If you like your camera, stick with it! You will not automatically get better quality from another SLR - the sensors are all very similar. Wait until you feel limited by your current camera (if you need lots of frames per second, very high ISO, etc.)
Your lens selection seems odd though
I might consider cutting it down to just the 18-250mm and 50-500mm lenses, and use the money from the others to get something different. Maybe a 50mm f/1.8 for low light, and a 10-20mm or something similar for ultra wide-angle. You'll see far more difference from doing that, than from changing camera body
